The Gendered Self

LGBTQ+ Narratives in Global Media, Volume II

By: Tamanna M. Shah (Editor), Sonali Jha (Editor)

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Hardcover | 12 November 2025

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'The Gendered Self: LGBTQ+ Narratives in Global Media, Volume II' challenges the restrictive frameworks that have long defined gender and sexuality. Moving beyond simplistic dichotomies, this volume explores how LGBTQ+ identities are shaped, represented, and contested across diverse cultural, historical, and political contexts. Through case studies from Turkey, the United States, China, and India, contributors reveal the lived complexities of queer experience. Chapters trace transgender journeys of identity transformation, dissect the weaponization of queer bodies in moral panics, and analyze the digital self-representations of Chinese gay men. Others investigate how Indian OTT platforms and Malayalam cinema expand space for queer narratives, while historical accounts of activists like Paula Grossman illustrate the fraught relationship between representation, activism, and backlash. Across these explorations, the volume highlights how media, politics, and cultural traditions simultaneously affirm and erase queer lives. It uncovers the deep roots of erasure in mythology and religion, while also showing how digital platforms and popular culture create new opportunities for resistance and recognition. This collection insists that the "gendered self" must be understood as fluid, intersectional, and culturally situated, pushing readers to reimagine identity beyond binaries and toward broader visions of inclusion and justice.

Industry Reviews

These volumes by Tamanna Shah and Sonali Jha bring together scholars from across the world. By including academic research on LGBTQ+ identities from a diverse range of contexts, societies, and cultures, these volumes not only help develop a global perspective on this area of research but also recognize a global community of scholars with important and meaningful academic voices.

Jatin Srivastava

Professor and Associate Director of Graduate Studies

Director, Institute for International Journalism

E. W. Scripps School of Journalism

Ohio University

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